Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-01
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

It cost S12, 220 to convey two COM
panies of United States soldiers from
Fort Sully to Duluth.
Judge Clifford. Dakota's delegate to
congress, spent the summer enjoying
the coolbreezes of Big Stone Lake.
A Blunt physician has a collection
of geological specimens he values at
$1,000.
At Pierre, Sheriff Harris has taken
charge OF the stock OF Farr & Beadle,
Harold, under an attachment of c. w.
Hawley OF Blunt.
Thomas Ward, q prisoner at the
Sioux Falls ~penitentiary, attempted
to kill himself by cutting his throat
with q Jack knife. Ward has served
four years of a five years sentence
for grand larceny.
1t is learned here that the grand
jury for the term of the district court
at Dead wood, returned fifty-fve in
dictments. Many OF them are for
fornication, duplicating prominent
people.
The Dakota Ruralist is a new agri-
cultural paper just issued at East
Pierre, by Geo. c. Crosse and j. G.
Nc Mamma.
The Northern Pacific land depart.
ment has disposed OF fifteen townships
OF land in the southwestern part. OF
Morton county, to q Rhode Island
colony.
A contract for building the Ramsey
county court house at Devils Lake
was secured by B. Il. Shouley OF thet
place. Work will commence at once.
Collector Mueller OF jamestown has
been awarded the contract for the
erection of the new school house at
New Buffalo. The building will be a
two-story frame structure 30x50 and
will cost So, 500.
Deadwood is raiding the Chinese
houses of prostitution and opium
dens OF that city. Eight females and as
many men were sent TO the calaboose.
A prominent Chinese merchant re-
tanned Col. Parker to defend them.
A stock company has been organized
in Aberdeen for the publication of a
Scandinavian newspaper. A Catholic
paper win also be published there.
The civil engineer of the Wilmar and
Sioux Falls railroad thinks grading
on that line will be completed to Sioux
Falls before the ground freezes up.
The New England colony hackers are
doing good work for Dakota. Over
500, 900 acres have been purchased
from the Northern Pacific railroad
company.
The secretary of the interior has at
firmed the decision of the commission
er in the case of H. E. Hawkey VS.. B.
Schlick, involving preference right to
entry of southeast quarter section g.,
township 102, range IS, Mitchell,
appealed by Scnlick.
Word has been received here that
Yankton has been selected at the see
city OF the diocese of.Sodth Dakota of
the Catholic church. The diocese will
be called the Yankton diocese. A
cathedral will be built and a diocese
school. Nearly S 10000 will be ex.
pended in new buildings.
Thousands of acres of uncultivated
land in the Sioux valley will this year
yield a bountiful supply OF Dakota
wilc grass, and many farms in the
Sioux valley viii clear whatever in
debtedness they may have heretofore
incurred.
Sioux Falls, ID. t., Press: Dakota
is allowed no vote for president. and
no voice in the national council, but
there is one right which is not denied
the citizens of the much-abused and
long suffering territorv-the right OF
paying their just debts. And, not
withstanding, very liberal exemption
la We, that is just what Dakotaps are
doing. AT any rate, the collection
agencies report that nowhere are col
lections more easily made than in
Dakota.
At Gary, Hon. NJ. F.Greeley and
V. Cooley of that place left Gary a
few days ago for Wisconsin and Hi
nois, where they go to purchase about
two thousand head OF sheep for breed
ing purposes. Mr.. Greeley returned
three weeks ago with 400 head, and
other parties have brought in iocks
from three hundred to a thousand to
this country in the last two months.
Buel county Il now boast of more
thoroughbred sheep than any county
in Dakota.
Pursuant to call, thefollowing physi.
clans assembled at Grand Forks andor.
ganized a medical association for North
Dakota: j. E. Engstad, S. II. Erwin,
III. M. Wheeler, C. E. Teel, s. NJ. Rut-
ledge, NJ. w. Scott; of Grand Forks;
Lundy, of Inkster; Montgomery,
of Ardoch; Jackson, OF Lakota; Con-
key, of Larimore; and Laberge, of
Grafton. DIR. Engstad, who was prime
mover, was elected chairman, and
Lundy secretary.
Springfield, Mass, Republican: 1t
is always a matter of surprise to Wis.,
itors to Dakota to see so many young
men on the farms and in the towns OF
this territory. and they are con-
strained to inquire the meaning. 1t
IS a very simple problem, and means
that the best part of the life, en-
ergy and enterprise OF the states has
been given to fill the arteries and
strengthen the sinews of this young
giant. 1t means that the young man
OF push and brains does not stay in
the overcrowded, slow-movi astern
communities, but push way
steadily to the front VIII, not
compelled to compete "; GU
mulated capital of age. lere
energy, enterprise and LAT, sarpish
the start so much desired by the youth
of the east. That is Why eight-tenths
of the business men in Dakota towns
are under 30 years of age, and why
they have been termed all over the
union Dakota Rustlers." It is also
one of the elements which will assure
to Dakota a brief and prosperous fu-
ture.
Capt. c. B. Sears, OF the govern
ment engineer corps, reached Yankton
to inspect the damage being done by
the washing of the Missouri river a
few miles below the city. After care
full inspection he will make a report,
and it is expected the government will